This product is the fruit of Xanthium sibiricum (Xanthium sibiricum Patr.), an annual herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family. Distributed across the country, found wild everywhere. Harvested in autumn and sun-dried. Fry to remove the hard thorns.

[Property]

Acrid and bitter, warm, slightly toxic, act on lung channel.

[Efficacy]

Dispersing wind and removing dampness, relieving stuffy orifices to relieve pain,

[Indications]

1. For sinusitis headache, wind-cold headache. This product is mild and refreshing, with pungent taste and dispersing wind, bitter drying dampness and relieving stuffy orifices to relieve pain. It is used to treat sinusitis headache, no smell and sometimes runny nose. It is often used in combination of medicinals Magnolia, Dahurian Angelica and Mentha are used together, that is, Cocklebur Fruit Powder. For the treatment of external contraction wind-cold, aversion to cold without sweating, headache nasal congestion, it can be used with Saposhnikovia Root, Dahurian Angelica, Notopterygium, Chinese Lovage etc. can be used.
2. Used for wind-dampness. This product dispelling wind, dehumidification, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, used to treat wind-dampness impediment diseases, limb spasm, can be used alone, or combined with Gentian, Silkworm Feces, It can be used in the same way as 萆区, soaked in wine, such as Shi Guogong's medicinal wine.
3. In addition, this product can be used together with belvedere fruit, densefruit pittany root-bark, Puncturevine Caltrop Fruit, etc. , treat rubella cutaneous pruitus. Grind this product into powder and use chaulmoogra tree seed oil into pills to treat scabies and leprosy, both of which have the effect of dispersing wind and removing dampness.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Mainly used for wind, headache, cold pain, wind-dampness Zhoubi, spasm and pain of limbs, and dead muscles."
2. "Key points of medicine" "Ingredients": "To treat sinusitis, cutting off the tip of the nose is indispensable, so that the rising of Qing Yang can reach the top of the head."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 3 ~ 10g. Or take it in pill form.

[Precaution]

Not suitable for blood deficiency headache. Overdose may cause poisoning.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains xanthyl glycoside, fatty oil, alkaloids, xanthyl alcohol, protein, vitamin C, etc. Glycosides have a significant hypoglycemic effect; decoction has an antitussive effect; it has an inhibitory effect on the heart, slowing down the heart rate and weakening contractility; it has a certain inhibitory effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Group B Streptococcus, and Pneumococcus pneumoniae, and Has antifungal effect. This product has a certain degree of toxicity. Adults taking more than 100g may cause poisoning. The main symptoms are dizziness, somnolence, unconsciousness, general tonic spasm, and jaundice, hepatomegaly, liver dysfunction, protein, red blood cells, and casts in the urine. . In severe cases, respiratory, circulatory, and renal failure may lead to death.

siberian cocklour herb: stems and leaves of cocklebur. The nature and flavor are bitter, pungent, slightly cold, and slightly toxic. Function: dispelling wind, clearing heat, removing toxin. It is mainly used to treat wind-dampness, spasm of limbs and other symptoms. It can be mixed and made into soup, such as Xanthium leaf soup. It can also be used for leprosy, boil and sore poison, and cutaneous pruitus syndrome. This product is toxic and should not be taken excessively or continuously. Dosage: 6~15g, decocted with water or boiled into a paste and made into pills. Appropriate amount for external use. This product disperses qi and consumes blood, so it is not suitable for people with weak constitution.